minc3705	Oxfordshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1947
Venue	Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 22nd, 23rd August 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 5; Dorset 3
Umpires	WE Brown, DH Tregear
Close of play day 1	Dorset (1) 106/2 (Maynard ?*, Lines ?*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Mendl	c Maynard b Badham	99		150	13	-
LW Barber	c Badham b Ormiston	15
BH Travers	c Maynard b Lines	67
JH Lawton Smith	c Tovey b Lees	34
RT Hewitt	c Lines b Lees	29
FR Wylie	not out	40
WW Inge	c Badham b Lees	9
EF Bowtell	b Lines	3
LEG Hemming	b Lines	21
MA Girling	c Honey b Lees	27
RCT Smith	c Honey b Lees	4
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Barber), 2-150 (Travers), 3-207, 4-253, 5-255, 6-265, 7-273, 8-314, 9-356, 10-361 (98.5 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ormiston	29	8	77	1	-	-
Badham	12	2	53	1	-	-
Hunt	6	1	34	0	-	-
Lees	19.5	1	81	5	-	-
Lines	27	3	82	3	-	-
Northam	4	1	9	0	-	-
Taylor	1	0	12	0	1	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Tovey	b Hemming	32
+AL Maynard	b Travers	48
RG Northam	b Travers	8
WL Lines	c Mendl b Travers	104			14	-
EC Honey	c Inge b Girling	20
W Lancashire	b Travers	31
ML Taylor	b Girling	2
BF Hunt	b Travers	3
PHC Badham	b Travers	0
CG Ormiston	b Travers	10
D Lees	not out	1
Extras	(15 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	22
Total	(all out, 100.5 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Tovey), 2-77 (Northam), 3-128, 4-204, 5-232, 6-241, 7-241, 8-252, 9-275, 10-281 (100.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RCT Smith	13	5	37	0	-	-
Travers	37.5	7	103	7	-	-
Hemming	13	3	40	1	-	-
Bowtell	18	5	43	0	-	1
Girling	14	4	28	2	2	-
Wylie	2	1	3	0	-	-
Barber	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Mendl	not out	102		70	16	1
LW Barber	not out	43		70	4	-
BH Travers	did not bat
JH Lawton Smith	did not bat
RT Hewitt	did not bat
FR Wylie	did not bat
WW Inge	did not bat
EF Bowtell	did not bat
LEG Hemming	did not bat
MA Girling	did not bat
RCT Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(no wicket, declared, 70 minutes, 25.1 overs)	148

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ormiston	7.1	1	43	0	-	-
Badham	5	2	31	0	-	-
Lines	6	2	24	0	-	-
Lees	4	0	28	0	-	-
Hunt	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Tovey	b Travers	23
+AL Maynard	c Inge b Travers	7
WL Lines	b Travers	8
EC Honey	not out	12
ML Taylor	not out	47
RG Northam	did not bat
W Lancashire	did not bat
BF Hunt	did not bat
PHC Badham	did not bat
CG Ormiston	did not bat
D Lees	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 34 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-41, 3-42

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bowtell	5	1	22	0	-	1
Travers	12	1	42	3	1	-
Girling	12	4	25	0	-	1
RCT Smith	2	2	0	0	-	1
Hemming	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Mendl scored 1 five in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> JH Lawton Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Northam made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Northam made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PHC Badham made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Wylie (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LEG Hemming (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WL Lines (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WL Lines (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LW Barber (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Lees achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-24)
--> D Lees achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> WL Lines achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-38)
--> BH Travers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset first innings (previous best was 4-40)
--> BH Travers achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset first innings
--> WL Lines retired hurt in the Dorset first innings having scored 92 and later returned

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In the Oxfordshire second inings Mendl's last ten scoring strokes were 4444146444